Summer 26 - Week 8

 Pacific Classic Day/ NJ Festival Day

It's one of the things I MOST enjoy about the handicapping/racing game....never the same, always very enjoyable on some if not all levels.  While most horse players focus on the bottom line, profit vs. loss and that makes some players handicap races looking for the "value play" rather than the likely winner.  I am all about the mental challenge and being right.  And along the way I develop attachments to certain horses.  So it's not uncommon for a day, and Saturday was one, where I'm more than content - in fact down right delighted - with the day despite NOT having my typical 35-40% win average or a winning/profitable day.

Zero Blitz

Katie

Summer 26: Week 7

 Woodbine's King's Plate Weekend

It was an EXCELLENT Saturday at the races!

Social Media.....
Heard from all four of my favorite social media gal pals this week - a really good week.  Contributed to Lauren Pastrana's son's baseball team fund raiser and got a heart felt thank you.  It was Kimmy's daughter's birthday and we exchanged messages.  Teri replied back to two "good morning" messages.  And my new favorite weekend anchor Anna was appreciative of my watching & comments Sat & Sun.

Summer 26: Week 6

 August 9-10

I had VERY few picks from Monmouth this weekend - half because the quality of the racing has fallen off so much, and half because of how abbreviated the programs have become.  The previously 8-race, shortened Friday program now only has six events and the weekend programs max out at eight races.  And in an amusing turn of events, when I went to make my first bet on Saturday I discovered that after having opted to NOT play Monmouth on Sunday - because of the Ellis stakes events on their program which I WAS playing - I discovered I had not handicapped the Saturday Jersey Shore card, but had inadvertently handicapped the Sunday card!  So Friday, surprisingly I actually had four plays from the six races....two WINS and two seconds.  And on Sunday I had just two selections - another WIN and another second.  So pretty good on the Jersey Shore.  But the best part was the many stakes wins over the two days.  I especially enjoyed watching 2025 Horse of the Year and my winning selection in the 2025 Kentucky Derby, Sovereignty romp in the $750K Grade 1 Whitney!

Summer 26: Week 5

 

Saturday August 1:  Happy Birthday To ME

I loved Arlington International Racecourse.  I visited there three times and twice went to the Arlington Million, the signature day at the beautiful facility.  But since Churchill Downs, Inc. sold it for it's real estate value the Million Day races have been held at a couple of different venues, but seems to have settled at Colonial Downs.

Arlington Million Days

Jaxson's Ice Cream Celebration

Birthday Wishes

By the time the weekend was over I had nearly 100 birthday wishes from friends and family but I have to say what made me the happiest was that I heard from every single one of the people who mean the most to me.

Chloe - Allison - Mandy - Ekatirini - Jen - Jillian

Lauren - Melissa - Michelle - Shasha - Shelly - Sophia - Teri

The ChatGPT of Kimmy & Tati celebrating my birthday at the condo